.TH "ovp2ovf" "1" "September 2000" "Omega" "Omega" 
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.SH "NAME" 
ovp2ovf \- convert a virtual property-list file into a
virtual font file and its associated font metric file
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.SH "SYNOPSIS" 
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\fBovp2ovf\fP [ \fIOPTION\fP\&.\&.\&. ] \fIOVPFILE\fP[\&.ovp] [ [
\fIOVFFILE\fP[\&.ovf] ] [ \fIOFMFILE\fP[\&.ofm] ] ]
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.SH "DESCRIPTION" 
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\fBovp2ovf\fP translates a human-readable virtual property list (OVP)
file, \fIOVPFILE\fP, into a virtual font (OVF) file, \fIOVFFILE\fP
and its companion font metric (OFM) file, \fIOFMFILE\fP\&.
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The program also works with TeX VP files, producing VF and TFM files\&.
(\fBovp2ovf\fP is based on the WEB source code for \fBvptovf\fP(1)\&.)
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.SH "OPTIONS" 
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.IP "\fB-help\fP" 
display a brief summary of syntax and options 
.IP "\fB-verbose\fP" 
display progress reports
.IP "\fB-version\fP" 
output version information and exit
.IP 
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.SH "FILES" 
.IP "\fIOFMFILE\fP" 
Omega Font Metric file
.IP "\fIOVFFILE\fP" 
Omega Virtual Font file
.IP "\fIOVPFILE\fP" 
Omega Virtual Property List file
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.SH "BUGS" 
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None known, but report any found to <omega@ens\&.fr> (mailing list)\&.  You should also
check to see if the bug is in \fBvptovf\fP(1)\&.
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.SH "SEE ALSO" 
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\fBomega\fP(1), \fBofm2opl\fP(1), \fBovf2ovp\fP(1),
\fBpltotf\fP(1), \fBtftopl\fP(1), \fBvftovp\fP(1),
\fBvptovf\fP(1)
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\fIDraft Manual for the Omega System\fP (\fIomega-manual\&.dvi\fP)\&.
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Web page: <http://www\&.gutenberg\&.eu\&.org/omega/>
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.SH "AUTHOR" 
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According to the WEB documentation:
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.RS 
\fBVPtoVF\fP is an extended version of the program \fBPLtoTF\fP,
which is part of the standard TeXware library\&.  \fBOVP2OVF\fP is an
extended version of \fBVPtoVF\fP that allows much larger fonts\&.  The
idea of a virtual font was inspired by the work of David R\&. Fuchs who
designed a similar set of conventions in 1984 while developing a
device driver for ArborText, Inc\&.  He wrote a somewhat similar program
called \fBPLFONT\fP\&.
.RE 
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The primary authors of Omega are John Plaice
<plaice@cse\&.unsw\&.edu\&.au> and Yannis Haralambous 
<yannis@fluxus-virus\&.com>\&.
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This manual page was written by C\&.M\&. Connelly
<cmc@debian\&.org>, for
the Debian GNU/Linux system\&.  It may be used by other distributions
without contacting the author\&.  Any mistakes or omissions in the
manual page are my fault; inquiries about or corrections to this
manual page should be directed to me (and not to the primary author)\&.
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